APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Is Being Tough Always Good? Mental Toughness Predicts More Tolerant Attitudes Towards Sexual Harassment in Sports

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Lena Orlova
    Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • Kari Walton
    Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • Devinder Khera
    University of Western Ontario
  • Cory Pedersen
    Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Abstract

We conducted a quantitative study (N = 1,570) on mental toughness and the perception of sexual harassment in sports. Our findings indicated that individuals who scored higher on mental toughness were more likely to react tolerantly towards a scenario portraying sexual harassment between an athlete and a coach.

Personality Traits

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